gagner sa croûte – French expression

By Anne on April 24th, 2015

gagner sa croûte – French expression

What does the French expression ‘gagner sa croûte’ mean? How is it used in a sentence? Listen to Anne.

gagner sa croûte – to earn your crust. The crust refers to bread crust. The expression gagner sa croûte is similar to gagner son pain and it means to earn a living and it generally applies to a blue collar job. GAGNER is a regular –ER verb.